Poultry and animal feeding device.



No. 896 352. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. I. M EREDRIOK.- POULTRY AND ANIMAL FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1907.

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UNITE STATES PATENT ornron ISAAC M. FREDRICK, "or PERKASIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Y Be it known that I, ISAAC M. FREDRIOK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Perkasie, in the county of Bucks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Poultry and Animal FeedingDevice, of which the following is a specificathgi.

. My invention consists of a evice for automatically feeding poultry andanimals in a,

and partial vertical section of a feeding de-, vice embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a lan view-of a detached portion ig. 3 represents asection on line reslponding parts in the figures.

eferring to the. drawings A designates a hop er or feed supplyin box; 3 B o esignates a train of gearing after the manner of a clock, and C, designates guide pulleys, which several parts are adapted to also the bearing for the upper portion of the e suitably supported adjacent .to a place where poultry oran'imals or both are to be e I I sofd D designates a vertically arranged shaft, which is mounted in the hopper and hason its up er portion the inion E, with which meshes thespur wheel'lg'whose shaft G has its bearing on a limb of an arm H, which is secured to.the hopper A, said arm forming shaft D. I

J designates" a segmental plate, which is mounted on the arm H by'said shaft G, said plate havin mounted thereon the spur wheel K, wlnchisadapted to-mesh with the spur wheel F., it beingnoticed that said late is movable on said shaft G as a pivot, it eing provided with a segmental slot L, through which passes. the screw or stud M, which is fitted to the arm H, whereby when said screw is loosened, the plate-may bejturned to the right or left, and when in adjusted position, fastened bysaid screw M.

On the wheel F is the pulle N, and on the wheel K is the pulley P, eac of which ulieys may be cast or otherwise formed wit 01' secured to the respective wheel.

passed over the guide pulleys gripped by Specificationoi Letters Patent. Application filed May 22, 1907; Serial No. 375,104.

cans for controlling the degree of speed of the same, so as Figure 1 represents a partial sideflelevation Q designates av cord or re e, which is saidpulleys N, P, and has connected with the end below the same, the weight B, the other end thereof being adapted to be wound on the drum S, which is' connected with an arbor T of the train of clock gearing or mechanism, it being noticed that the weight R tends. to unwind the cord from said drum,

while said train retards the unwinding and serves to control the same to an extent rela- Patented June 9,1908.

tively to the amountof feed re uired to be discharged from the device, it being also noticed that the friction on the cord Q, .due to the pulleys N and P, may beqadjuste'd by the operation of the plate J upon its pivot to move it so that the line between the centers of the pulleys N and-P will be more or less horizontal, whereby said pulleys may be moved to cause more or less deflection of the cord from a strai ht course, the effect of whichwill'beto tig ten and ut'at'ension or Similar letters of reference-indicate corfriction on said cord, where ythespe'ed of rotation of the distributing membermay be controlled." 7

In the bottom of the hopper is a dis-Ito charge opening U, depending from the same is'the collar V, which forms-a guide and guard, as will be hereinaftenreferred to. Below said collar V is the distributing pan W, whichis'adjustably secured to'the. lower end of the shaft D bymeansof the screw w,

said end being stepped in thebottom limb of the arm;H,from which latter-depends the their adjusted-position, be under-- 'stood from Fig. 1, said deflector thus being adapted to be opened andclo'sed, after the manner of an' umbrella so as to spread the feed more or less as may be desired.

The 0 eration is as 'follows:Thesever'a ad ustab e arts are properly set, and feed placed in t e hopper A, the cord Q being;

properly wound on the drum S b an suit-' able means as by a crank handle in 'cated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The weight R now causes a drafton said cord, so as to unwind the same, the unvvindinghowever,

being retarded and controlled by-the' train-of clock gearing or mechanism, so that the cord will 'n'ot run away. This clock mec cord.

forms a rimary controlling device for the T e motion of the cord rotates the pulleys N, P, with which the same is in contact, and thus causes the operation of the shaft D and rotation of the pan W therewith. As the feed dropsfrom the hopper through the outlet U, it is guarded from moving in lateral direction as it leaves said outlet and is guided to the pan W, which being 0 en at top permits the feed to be centrifuga y discharged thereat and distributed therefrom, when it falls upon the deflector X and rolls down the same to the place Where the poultry and animals are to be fed, thus causing the feeding action to be uniform and determined as to the quantity and lengt of time desired. 4

-While I have specified certainmeansfor carrying out my imlprovements, Ido not Wish to belimited exact y to the same, but desire to make such changes as ma come within the scope of the novelty invo ved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed distributing member, a motor, gearing for rotating said member operatively connected with said motor, and means cooperating with said caring for regulating the speed of said feed- 'stributing member.

2. In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed distributing member, means for rotating the same, a motor operativ'ely connected with said rotating means, and means cooperating with the rotating means for regulating the speed of rotation of said member.

3'. An automatic feeding device of the character stated, comprising a feed distributing member, its shaft, a motor, gearing for rotating said shaft, a cord operatively connected Withthe motor for giving motion to said gearing, and means engaging said cord to regulate thespeed with which said member rotates.

4. In an automatic feedin device of the character stated, a feed supp a vertically 4 disposed shaft, a feed distributing member in communication with the outlet of said supply, gearing for rotating said member and meansadjustable on the shaft of said member for controlling its speed of rotation.

5. "In an automatic feeding device of the character'stated,a' vertically dis osed shaft, a feed supply, a horizontally disposed feed distributing member carried by said shall. in communication with the outlet of said supply, gearing for rotating said member, and

means pivotallymounted on the shaft of said "member for controlling the speed of said member.

6. In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed suoolv. a feed (118* tributing member in communication with the outlet of said supply, a shaft for rotating said member, gearing for said shaft, a motor for said gearing, a movable flexible member extending from said motor and engaging said gearing and movable means carrying said gearing for deflecting said flexible member for adjusting the speed of said feeddis'tributing member.

8. In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed supply, a feed disftributin member in commumcation with the outlet '0 said supply, a shaft for rotating said member, gearing for said shaft, pulleys on said gearing, a movable cord engaging said pulleys, means for imparting motion to said cord, and a movable bearing for one of said pulleys adjustably mounted on the shaft of said member, whereby it may be moved to change the positions of the pulleys relatively to the cord for adjusting the friction of said pulleys on said cord.

9. In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed su ply, a horizontally disposed centrifugal f ed distributing member in communication with the outlet of said supply, means acting on the shaft of said member-for rotating it, a guard and guide inter osed between said supply and member and eading from one to the other, and a deflcctor'beneath said member. a

10. In an automatic feedin device of the character stated, a feed su y, a feed distributing member, and af?) dablefeed deflector below said member.

11. In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed supply having an outlet at thebot'tom, a feed distributing member in communication with said outlet, ashaft connected with said member, a prime motor, and a flexible connection extendmg from said motor adapted to rotate 'said shaft, and a controlling device for saidconnection.

12 In an automatic feedingdevice of the character stated, a feed supply having an outlet at the bottom, a feed distributing member in communication with said outlet, a shaft connected with said member, a prime motor, a train ofgearing, a flexible connection extending from said motor to arotatable member of said train on which and from which said connection may bewoimd and unwound respectively, said connection being adapted v to rotate said shaft, anda gripping-device whereby the feeding mechanism 1s turned.

13, In an automatic feeding device of the character stated, a feed supply having an outlet at the bottom, a feed distributing member in communication with said outlet, a shaft connected with said member, a prime motor,

a flexible connection extending from said motor adapted to rotate said shaft, a controlling device attached to said connection opposite'to said motor, and means for adjusting the speed of said feed distributing member.

14. In an automatic feedin device of the character stated, a feed supp y, a feed dis- ISAAC M. FREDRICK.

Witnesses:

- J. O. CORDERO,

DARWIN BENNER. 

